He might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.

Post by CalumHe might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/16/sal-soghoian>Another pro user feature at risk...?

More of the Tim Cook and his "just another computer company" styleverses the Steve Jobs innovation era.

Post by CalumHe might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/16/sal-soghoian>Another pro user feature at risk...?

This is really disappointing to me. User automation capability is oneof the key reasons I have stuck with the Mac. Cook is worse thanSculley.

Post by CalumHe might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/16/sal-soghoian>Another pro user feature at risk...?

This is really disappointing to me. User automation capability is oneof the key reasons I have stuck with the Mac. Cook is worse thanSculley.

Could we expect that the dev tools and Terminal to be next on the hitlist? I mean: Shouldn't "they" have to charge good for stuff like thatlike they did 20 years ago?

Post by CalumHe might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/16/sal-soghoian>Another pro user feature at risk...?

This is really disappointing to me. User automation capability is oneof the key reasons I have stuck with the Mac.

That automaton capability is still in macOS at the moment. We'll have tosee what the future holds.

Post by CalumHe might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/16/sal-soghoian>Another pro user feature at risk...?

It's somewhat concerning. AppleScript in particular has been a somewhathalf-ass endeavor for many years, despite its great usefulness. Thenagain, as usual, we don't know the whole story, and there are, as ofyet, no solid indications that the actual functionality will go away.We'll just have to wait and see what happens. macOS without AppleScript/ Automator support will be a hard sell for Apple to those of us who usethem.

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Post by CalumHe might not have been the highest profile Apple employee, but SalSoghoian, who's been in charge of AppleScript and automationtechnologies at Apple for the past 20 years, has had his positioneliminated.<http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/11/16/sal-soghoian>Another pro user feature at risk...?

It's somewhat concerning. AppleScript in particular has been a somewhathalf-ass endeavor for many years, despite its great usefulness. Thenagain, as usual, we don't know the whole story, and there are, as ofyet, no solid indications that the actual functionality will go away.We'll just have to wait and see what happens. macOS without AppleScript/ Automator support will be a hard sell for Apple to those of us who usethem.

Worry no more:

"A 9to5Mac reader (who asked to remain anonymous) emailed Apple softwareexec Craig Federighi about the future of automation on the Mac.Federighi responded with a definitive reply that Apple “has everyintent” to continue supporting automation on macOS."

<https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/18/automation-tech-apple-response/>

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